After the death of his first wife, Johann Friedrich's mother, his father married Johanna Katharina Ziegler on 4 November 1760.
[2] Wurm's father taught him the ancient languages, so that Johann Friedrich was able to join the seminar in Denkendorf in 1774 and that in Maulbronn in 1776.
[6] Christian Friedrich Wurm[7] (1803–1859) also studied theology before discovering his calling as a high school teacher and historical-political journalist.
While visiting relatives in the Neckarkreis, he was nominated as a candidate for the constituent National Assembly and became a member of the Frankfurt Parliament in 1849.
Wurm wrote numerous publications, for example in the specialist magazine founded by Franz Xaver von Zach.